Chapter 1747 A Bug
“Have you finally reached your limit?” Supporting himself on his knees, Nathaniel bent down and leaned closer to me. He was smiling, but the smile did not reach his eyes. “Come, tell me—do you still love Ashton now?”
I swore I wanted to give it all up then, just as he wished. I wanted to scream to the world that I was done playing games and I could no longer care if Ashton insisted on walking toward his own doom.
However, the look in Nathaniel’s eyes sparked uncontrollable defiance within me. A voice in my head repeatedly reminded me that I was looking at a demon and not a man. The difference between them lay in the fact that a man knew how to show mercy while a demon didn’t, just like how a rat would never escape from the grasp of a cat.
Once the cat got tired of toying with it, certain death was the only fate that awaited the rat.
My gut feeling told me that if I admitted defeat now, none of us would survive.
At that moment, the call finally got through. A lady’s gentle voice rang out over the line. “Hello, this is the emergency services. How may I help you?”
With my phone in hand, I took a deep breath and ended the call. I got up to my feet and met Nathaniel’s puzzled gaze as I walked to Ashton’s side. Then, I lifted my heels, threw my arms around his neck, and gave him a kiss.
Ashton was initially caught by surprise as he quickly held his breath. But after regaining his senses, he struggled and pushed me away.
I stumbled backward but steadied myself again. I was unable to hold back the ecstasy I felt.
Given how honest the reactions of our bodies were, I finally found the answer I had been searching for.
Thereafter, I looked in Nathaniel’s direction. I saw him purse his lips and that his eyes were glowing with suppressed rage. Evidently, he was infuriated by my actions.
Well then, let me just add fuel to the fire.
“You’re right. There’s no way people with different values can be together. But compared to Ashton, principles don’t worth a dime. So I have changed my mind and will join both of you. I’ll fork out all my money and play this game alongside Ashton. That way, we can continue loving each other again. Isn’t that right, Nathaniel?”
Worried that my words were not effective enough, I put on an innocent expression and an ambiguous smirk as I continued, “What’s wrong? Isn’t that what you have been waiting for? Aren’t you planning to pull Ashton down from his pedestal and imprison him in this hell of yours? Since I can’t stop you from doing it, I’ll fall into it together with him. Now that you have the two of us, isn’t it a pretty sweet deal for you?”
I knew better than anyone else that Nathaniel didn’t just want to ruin Ashton’s reputation. He wanted to destroy him completely.
Therefore, there was no way he would allow Ashton to have his way in this underground world of his. Once he realized that every one had forsaken Ashton, he would consequently lose interest. By that time, Nathaniel would make sure that Ashton disappeared from the world.
From Nathaniel’s perspective, there was only room for one of them in this world, and he would naturally be the last one standing.
Having been with Ashton for so many years, I could clearly recognize it when he hated someone. With regards to the kiss just now, he neither waited coldly for me to finish nor push me aside from the beginning. His reaction indicated that he wasn’t on his guard against me. He was worried that his honest reactions would be exposed in front of Nathaniel.
In the face of an unpredictable foe, one had to use the element of surprise to defeat him.
This time, Ashton had no reason to accuse me of not being smart enough anymore.
Nonetheless, this was still an assumption on my part. To either assist Ashton or plan my next move, I needed him to give me a clear sign of confirmation.
After all, joining them was just a smokescreen I was using.
Nathaniel had gone to great lengths to destroy the beautiful image of Ashton in my heart. He wanted me to be so disappointed in Ashton that I would stop loving him.
Since he regarded love as a video game, where it can be withdrawn at will, I would turn myself into a bug in his game in order to frustrate him.
